VulnerabilityPublished 16 Jan 2025Updated 28 Apr 2026

CVE-2025-23573: WP Background Tile · Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Affects WP Background TileSource CVE Database V5

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.1 High.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 10:12 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score

7.1High

How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

EPSS: 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 9% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Attack Vector: Network
Attack Complexity: Low
Privileges Required: None
User Interaction: Required
Scope: Changed
Confidentiality: Low
Integrity: Low
Availability: Low

Bold values are the worst case: easiest to exploit or largest impact.

Attack Vector: Network: The vulnerable component is bound to the network stack and the set of possible attackers extends beyond the other options listed, up to and including the entire Internet. Such a vulnerability is often termed 'remotely exploitable' and can be thought of as an attack being exploitable at the protocol level one or more network hops away (e.g., across one or more routers).
Attack Complexity: Low: Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist. An attacker can expect repeatable success against the vulnerable component.
Privileges Required: None: The attacker is unauthorized prior to attack, and therefore does not require any access to settings or files to carry out an attack.
User Interaction: Required: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires a user to take some action before the vulnerability can be exploited.
Scope: Changed: An exploited vulnerability can affect resources beyond the security scope managed by the security authority of the vulnerable component. In this case, the vulnerable component and the impacted component are different and managed by different security authorities.
Confidentiality: Low: There is some loss of confidentiality. Access to some restricted information is obtained, but the attacker does not have control over what information is obtained, or the amount or kind of loss is limited. The information disclosure does not cause a direct, serious loss to the impacted component.
Integrity: Low: Modification of data is possible, but the attacker does not have control over the consequence of a modification, or the amount of modification is limited. The data modification does not have a direct, serious impact on the impacted component.
Availability: Low: Performance is reduced or there are interruptions in resource availability. Even if repeated exploitation of the vulnerability is possible, the attacker does not have the ability to completely deny service to legitimate users. The resources in the impacted component are either partially available all of the time, or fully available only some of the time, but overall there is no direct, serious consequence to the impacted component.

Definitions: FIRST CVSS v3.1 specification.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 16 Jan 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponised: Public exploit code exists in Metasploit or Exploit-DB, or CISA SSVC or the CVSS exploit maturity reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

What to do

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
sammyb WP Background Tile	Affected =0	Fixed in–

AI-suggested

Until an official fix is available, administrators should consider disabling or removing the WP Background Tile plugin if feasible. Implementing standard CSRF protections and input sanitization may help mitigate risk, but no vendor-provided mitigation instructions are currently available.

Description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in sammyb WP Background Tile wp-background-tile allows Stored XSS.This issue affects WP Background Tile: from n/a through <= 1.0.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can lead to stored XSS, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary scripts in the context of the affected site, potentially compromising user data and site integrity. The CSRF aspect means attackers can induce authenticated users to perform unintended actions. The overall impact includes partial loss of confidentiality, integrity, and availability as indicated by the CVSS vector. No known exploits have been reported in the wild to date.

Summary

The sammyb WP Background Tile WordPress plugin versions up to 1.0 contain a CSRF vulnerability that enables stored XSS attacks. This means an attacker can trick an authenticated user into executing unwanted actions that result in malicious scripts being stored and executed within the context of the affected site. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.1, reflecting network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required, and impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

References

patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/wp-background-tile/vulnerability/wordpress-wp-background-tile-plugin-1-0-csrf-to-stored-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve (opens in a new tab)

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